* The Error

#+BEGIN_SRC shell
guile: warning: failed to install locale
#+END_SRC

* Fix

- The locales error stems from the base profile.
- Locales must be installed in the base profile. Install the following packages in the base profile:
  #+BEGIN_SRC shell
  glibc-locales
  glibc-utf8-locales
  #+END_SRC
- Also the system must be aware of the path to the locales. To make it aware add the following to your ~/root/.profile~ and ~${HOME}/.profile~:
  #+BEGIN_SRC shell
  ########
  # GUIX #
  ########
  # locales path
  export GUIX_LOCPATH="${HOME}/.guix-profile/lib/locale"
  #+END_SRC
- To make it work without logging in or rebooting run:
  #+BEGIN_SRC shell
  source /root/.profile  # as root
  source ${HOME}/.profile  # as normal user
  #+END_SRC
